diff --git a/ports-mgmt/appstream-generator/Makefile b/ports-mgmt/appstream-generator/Makefile
index 30af516c742d..10a455c7e34f 100644
--- a/ports-mgmt/appstream-generator/Makefile
+++ b/ports-mgmt/appstream-generator/Makefile
@@ -1,59 +1,75 @@
 PORTNAME=	appstream-generator
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	0.10.2
-PORTREVISION=	2
+PORTREVISION=	3
 CATEGORIES=	ports-mgmt
+MASTER_SITES=	LOCAL/arrowd/:assets
+DISTFILES=	${_ASSETS_DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX}:assets
 
 MAINTAINER=	arrowd@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Fast AppStream metadata generator
 WWW=		https://github.com/ximion/appstream-generator
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	nlohmann-json>=3:devel/nlohmann-json \
 		inja>=3:devel/inja \
 		catch2>0:devel/catch2 \
 		${LOCALBASE}/include/__generator.hpp:devel/stdgenerator \
 		${LOCALBASE}/share/xsl/docbook/manpages/docbook.xsl:textproc/docbook-xsl
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libappstream.so:devel/appstream \
 		libappstream-compose.so:devel/appstream-compose \
 		libCatch2.so:devel/catch2 \
 		libcurl.so:ftp/curl \
 		liblmdb.so:databases/lmdb \
 		libicuuc.so:devel/icu \
 		libtbb.so:devel/onetbb \
 		libfyaml.so:textproc/libfyaml
 
 USES=		compiler:c++23-lang gnome libarchive meson pkgconfig
 
 USE_GNOME=	glib20 libxml2 libxslt:build
 USE_CXXSTD=	c++23
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	ximion
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		MANPAGES
 MANPAGES_BUILD_DEPENDS=	xsltproc:textproc/libxslt
 
-MESON_ARGS=	-Ddownload-js=false -Dbackward=false
+MESON_ARGS=	-Dbackward=false
 
 CFLAGS+=	-fexperimental-library
 
 DATADIR=	${PREFIX}/share/appstream
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
+# only needed to fool meson
+BINARY_ALIAS=	npm=true
+
+_ASSETS_DISTNAME=${PORTNAME}-js-assets-${_ASSETS_VERSION}
+_ASSETS_VERSION=${PORTVERSION}
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
 .if ${ARCH} == i386 || ${ARCH} == powerpc || ${ARCH:Marmv?}
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "/tbb_dep/s|'tbb'|'tbb32'|" \
 		${WRKSRC}/meson.build
 .endif
 
 post-install:
 	cd ${WRKSRC}/data && \
 		${COPYTREE_SHARE} templates ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}
 	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${PATCHDIR}/poudriere-hook-bulk.sh ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}
 
+repackage-js:
+	pkg info npm > /dev/null
+	cd ${WRKSRC}/contrib/setup && ./build_js.sh
+	cd ${WRKDIR} && ${TAR} -czf /tmp/${_ASSETS_DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX} \
+		${WRKSRC:T}/data/templates/default/static/js
+	@cd /tmp && sha256 ${_ASSETS_DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX} \
+		&& ${ECHO_CMD} -n "SIZE (${_ASSETS_DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX}) = " \
+		&& ${STAT} -f %z ${_ASSETS_DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX} \
+
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/ports-mgmt/appstream-generator/distinfo b/ports-mgmt/appstream-generator/distinfo
index af96c572670d..da39fd9e1659 100644
--- a/ports-mgmt/appstream-generator/distinfo
+++ b/ports-mgmt/appstream-generator/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1770817726
+TIMESTAMP = 1775749894
+SHA256 (appstream-generator-js-assets-0.10.2.tar.gz) = 43ae30af71ccffa12bc679e3003004b7671cca2976e553b78f852d71ee86076d
+SIZE (appstream-generator-js-assets-0.10.2.tar.gz) = 680623
 SHA256 (ximion-appstream-generator-v0.10.2_GH0.tar.gz) = cfafd3de39e124208123591e83f3165e40196edb9aa6acc536dc2cea5662ec81
 SIZE (ximion-appstream-generator-v0.10.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 583256
diff --git a/ports-mgmt/appstream-generator/files/patch-contrib_setup_build__js.sh b/ports-mgmt/appstream-generator/files/patch-contrib_setup_build__js.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a5a9a63b7787
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports-mgmt/appstream-generator/files/patch-contrib_setup_build__js.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+--- contrib/setup/build_js.sh.orig	2026-02-10 19:57:51 UTC
++++ contrib/setup/build_js.sh
+@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ JS_TARGET=../../data/templates/default/static/js
+ [ ! -d "$JS_TARGET" ] && mkdir $JS_TARGET
+ 
+ [ ! -d "$JS_TARGET/jquery" ] && mkdir $JS_TARGET/jquery
+-install node_modules/jquery/dist/*.min.js -t $JS_TARGET/jquery
++install node_modules/jquery/dist/*.min.js $JS_TARGET/jquery
+ 
+ [ ! -d "$JS_TARGET/flot" ] && mkdir $JS_TARGET/flot
+-install node_modules/jquery-flot/jquery.flot*.js -t $JS_TARGET/flot
++install node_modules/jquery-flot/jquery.flot*.js $JS_TARGET/flot
+ 
+ [ ! -d "$JS_TARGET/highlight" ] && mkdir $JS_TARGET/highlight
+-install node_modules/highlightjs/*.js -t $JS_TARGET/highlight
++install node_modules/highlightjs/*.js $JS_TARGET/highlight
diff --git a/ports-mgmt/appstream-generator/pkg-plist b/ports-mgmt/appstream-generator/pkg-plist
index bc5426035f66..3a3c23ae6832 100644
--- a/ports-mgmt/appstream-generator/pkg-plist
+++ b/ports-mgmt/appstream-generator/pkg-plist
@@ -1,27 +1,46 @@
 bin/appstream-generator
 %%DATADIR%%/asgen-hints.json
 %%DATADIR%%/hicolor-theme-index.theme
 %%DATADIR%%/poudriere-hook-bulk.sh
 %%DATADIR%%/templates/debian/base.html
 %%DATADIR%%/templates/debian/main.html
 %%DATADIR%%/templates/debian/static/css/highlight.css
 %%DATADIR%%/templates/debian/static/css/style.css
 %%DATADIR%%/templates/debian/static/img
 %%DATADIR%%/templates/debian/static/js
 %%DATADIR%%/templates/default/base.html
 %%DATADIR%%/templates/default/issues_index.html
 %%DATADIR%%/templates/default/issues_page.html
 %%DATADIR%%/templates/default/main.html
 %%DATADIR%%/templates/default/metainfo_index.html
 %%DATADIR%%/templates/default/metainfo_page.html
 %%DATADIR%%/templates/default/section_page.html
 %%DATADIR%%/templates/default/sections_index.html
 %%DATADIR%%/templates/default/static/css/highlight.css
 %%DATADIR%%/templates/default/static/css/style.css
 %%DATADIR%%/templates/default/static/img/asgen.png
 %%DATADIR%%/templates/default/static/img/cpt-nogui.png
 %%DATADIR%%/templates/default/static/img/favicon.png
 %%DATADIR%%/templates/default/static/img/no-image.png
+%%DATADIR%%/templates/default/static/js/flot/jquery.flot.canvas.js
+%%DATADIR%%/templates/default/static/js/flot/jquery.flot.categories.js
+%%DATADIR%%/templates/default/static/js/flot/jquery.flot.crosshair.js
+%%DATADIR%%/templates/default/static/js/flot/jquery.flot.errorbars.js
+%%DATADIR%%/templates/default/static/js/flot/jquery.flot.fillbetween.js
+%%DATADIR%%/templates/default/static/js/flot/jquery.flot.image.js
+%%DATADIR%%/templates/default/static/js/flot/jquery.flot.js
+%%DATADIR%%/templates/default/static/js/flot/jquery.flot.navigate.js
+%%DATADIR%%/templates/default/static/js/flot/jquery.flot.pie.js
+%%DATADIR%%/templates/default/static/js/flot/jquery.flot.resize.js
+%%DATADIR%%/templates/default/static/js/flot/jquery.flot.selection.js
+%%DATADIR%%/templates/default/static/js/flot/jquery.flot.stack.js
+%%DATADIR%%/templates/default/static/js/flot/jquery.flot.symbol.js
+%%DATADIR%%/templates/default/static/js/flot/jquery.flot.threshold.js
+%%DATADIR%%/templates/default/static/js/flot/jquery.flot.time.js
+%%DATADIR%%/templates/default/static/js/highlight/highlight.pack.js
+%%DATADIR%%/templates/default/static/js/highlight/highlight.pack.min.js
+%%DATADIR%%/templates/default/static/js/jquery/jquery.min.js
+%%DATADIR%%/templates/default/static/js/jquery/jquery.slim.min.js
 %%DATADIR%%/templates/ubuntu
 %%MANPAGES%%share/man/man1/appstream-generator.1.gz
 share/metainfo/org.freedesktop.appstream.generator.metainfo.xml